Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Aims and Scope xiii
A Note on Transcriptions xix
Abbreviations xxiii
Introduction: Scholarship on Zoroastrianism 1Michael Stausberg and Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina
Part I Zarathustra Revisited 19
1 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Geographical Perspectives 21Frantz Grenet
2 Zarathustra’s Time and Homeland: Linguistic Perspectives 31Almut Hintze
3 Interpretations of Zarathustra and the Ḡth̄s 39
a The Ḡth̄s 39Helmut Humbach
b The Ḡth̄s, Said to Be of Zarathustra 44Jean Kellens
c Dimensions of the Ḡth̄s as Poetry 51Martin Schwartz
d The Ḡth̄s as Myth and Ritual 59Prods Oktor Skjarvo
4 Zarathustra: Post-Gathic Trajectories 69Michael Stausberg
Part II Periods, Regions, and Contexts 83
5 Religion and Politics in Pre‐Islamic Iran 85Albert de Jong
6 Zoroastrianism under Islamic Rule 103Touraj Daryaee
7 Armenian and Georgian Zoroastrianism 119Albert de Jong
8 Zoroastrianism in Central Asia 129Frantz Grenet
9 Zoroastrianism in the Far East 147Takeshi Aoki
10 The Parsis 157John R. Hinnells
11 Zoroastrians in Modern Iran 173Michael Stausberg
12 The Zoroastrian Diaspora 191John R. Hinnells
Part III Structures, Discourses, and Dimensions 209
13 Theologies and Hermeneutics 211Yuhan Sohrab‐Dinshaw Vevaina
14 Cosmologies and Astrology 235Antonio Panaino
15 Myths, Legends, Eschatologies 259Carlo G. Cereti
16 Gender 273Jenny Rose
17 Law in Pre‐Modern Zoroastrianism 289Maria Macuch
18 Law and Modern Zoroastrians 299Mitra Sharafi
Part IV Practices and Sites 313
19 Ethics 315Alberto Cantera
20 Prayer 333Firoze M. Kotwal and Philip G. Kreyenbroek
21 Purity and Pollution / The Body 345Alan V. Williams
22 Rituals 363Michael Stausberg and Ramiyar P. Karanjia
23 Festivals and the Calendar 379Jenny Rose
24 Religious Sites and Physical Structures 393Jamsheed K. Choksy
Part V Intersections 407
25 Early India and Iran 409Prods Oktor Skjarvo
26 Judaism 423Yaakov Elman and Shai Secunda
27 The Classical World 437Martin L. West
28 From Miθra to Roman Mithras 451Richard L. Gordon
29 Christianity 457Marco Frenschkowski
30 Manichaeism in Iran 477Manfred Hutter
31 Islam 491Shaul Shaked
32 The Yezidi and Yarsan Traditions 499Philip G. Kreyenbroek
33 The Bah̄’ī Faith 505Moojan Momen
Part VI Primary Sources 517
34 Primary Sources: Avestan and Pahlavi 519Miguel Ángel Andrés‐Toledo
35 Primary Sources: New Persian 529Daniel J. Sheffield
36 Primary Sources: Gujarati 543Daniel J. Sheffield
Bibliography 555
Index of People, Places, and Topics 629
Index Locorum 655